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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / May 2005night time seizures
Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during their sleep.... ~..~ owlvee > Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during their > sleep.... > ~..~ > owlvee Incontinence, possibly bitten tongue, Pain in Teeth from Clamping or Grinding them in sleep (can also show up as a Headache as you wake up?) =3. G./ >> Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during >> their sleep.... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Grinding them in sleep (can also show up as a Headache as you wake up?) > =3. G./ But all those things can happen without a seizure ... A witness is the only sure way, I reckon. Mary >>> Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during >>> their sleep.... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > A witness is the only sure way, I reckon. I suppose I should call myself the luckiest one out of all of you then, as I have a husband who keeps a diary of all my seizures to bring to my neurologist on each visit. I've had nocturnal seizures, together with other different types, since I was a child though, but even then, it used to be my younger sister, who shared a room with me, that used to keep a diary of each of my seizures if ever I should have any. Maybe you could try getting yourself a flat-mate or something perhaps if you haven't got any other way of knowing. Sofie "Sofia" <pinkmonster2000REMOVE@ALLCAPSyahoo.com> wrote in message > I suppose I should call myself the luckiest one out of all of you then, as > I have a husband who keeps a diary of all my seizures to bring to my [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Maybe you could try getting yourself a flat-mate or something perhaps if > you haven't got any other way of knowing. A digicam? Mary > Sofie > Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during > their sleep.... > ~..~ > owlvee With my simple partial and complex partial seizures, often times they would wake me up at the very beginning of the seizure, and then I would feel all the sensations, but I was also having a bunch more that never roused me from sleep; just slept right through them. The only other hint for me was waking up more tired than when I went to bed, but that can be misleading and it's not a good clue for most people. Unless someone sees it, videotapes it, or has you wired up to an EEG, or maybe you've injured yourself during the night (but I've done that without seizures too), aren't sore or anything, you might not know you are seizing during sleep. Barb > Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during > their sleep.... > ~..~ > owlvee Not to be flip about it, but - it wakes you up. >> Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during >> their sleep.... >> ~..~ >> owlvee > > Not to be flip about it, but - it wakes you up. Mine didn't. Mary >>>Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during >>>their sleep.... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Mary Neither do mine. Quite the opposite. They make me sleep for 12+ hours (if I haven't got the alarm clock set). - Charlie  Signaturehttp://www.charlotte-rasmussen.net/ >> Mine didn't. >> >> Mary > > Neither do mine. Quite the opposite. They make me sleep for 12+ hours > (if I haven't got the alarm clock set). I don't wake up at the time of my seizures either, but when I finally do, it feels exacly like I've just had a tonic-clonic - I have an awful headache, and a funny taste in my mouth. : Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during : their sleep.... : ~..~ : owlvee Well, I was on the floor when my fiancée found me that's a good indication. Tinker I can only speak from my own experience. If you have a doubt, it probably wasn't a seizure. Sometimes when I stay up too late, I feel dizzy and nauseous, but I wouldn't call that a seizure. A seizure is when I bite my tongue and have very stiff legs from muscle spasms. > Can anyone tell me how they know that they have had a seizure during > their sleep.... > ~..~ > owlvee Indeed, it can be hard to recognize a nocturnal seizure. Byting your tongue, having stiff limbs, urinating in the bed are usually signs. I also feel dizzy and a little nauseous after staying up late, but... also after a small seizure without byting my tongue, stiff limbs and urinating in bed. In my case memoryloss is the strongest sign I had a smaller seizure and often it takes me 4-5 days to notice I did forget more as usual. I also was very happy such a small seizure was caught on (EEG-)tape. After that I started recognizing 'm much faster by myself. Maybe you could borrow a small EEG-measuring device from your neurologist for 1-2 months Owlvee ? best wishes, Bart Derks, the Netherlands. | x-no-archive: yes | [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] | > ~..~ | > owlvee |
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